Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “earthiest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

21 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
earthiest	12	5	910	(None)
earthliest	13	4	539	1	earthliest
artiest	7	31	2199	2	_art_iest
artsiest	8	7	965	2	_artsiest
earliest	8	24	1524	2	ear_liest
earthier	11	3	744	2	earthie_r
earthiness	13	7	724	2	earthiness
earthset	11	4	1082	2	earthse_t
earthsets	12	4	412	2	earthsets
farthest	14	9	986	2	farth_est
healthiest	16	4	527	2	healthiest
heartiest	12	3	1110	2	heart_iest
heathiest	15	4	938	2	hea_thiest
lathiest	11	3	1265	2	la_thiest
marshiest	14	3	810	2	marshiest
swarthiest	16	4	474	2	swarthiest
tartiest	8	27	1831	2	tart_iest
wartiest	11	36	1464	2	wart_iest
wealthiest	16	4	411	2	wealthiest
worthiest	15	3	832	2	worthiest
wrathiest	15	3	697	2	wrathiest

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.423	35476.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.842	46509.9